Baling-press.



P. w. WILLIAMS.

BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.12.1907.

Patented May 24,1910.

'mwkmwmwudaw UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK W. WILLIAMS, OF MACON, GEORGIA.

BALING-PRESS.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK .WALTON l/VILLIAMS, a citizen of theUnited States, and residing at Macon, in the county of Bibb and State ofGeorgia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Baling-Presses,of which the following specification and accompanying drawing aredescriptive.

My object is to provide an improved baling press at a low cost.

Figure 1 is a plan, of power part at the left side and plunger and brakeon right showing connections with hay chamber. The right and left areone part but broken into in the drawing to save space. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation showing same part as Fi l.

gimilar numerals relate to similar parts in both drawings.

1 is hay chamber, 2 is base sills, 3 is pitman with wear plate on bottomresting on (6), 1 is rotatable drive arm with rollers in each end, 5 isside roller against which inclined surface of pitman moves, 6 is wearplate on which pitman moves, one end of which is bent upward forming aside stop for pitman, then. outward and is provided with a hook or holeor other means for attaching rebound spring, 7 is a coil rebound spring,8 is plate extendin over end of pitman to serve as a guide for pitmanand keep it in the path of the drive arm after it has passed beyond theside roller, 9 is sweep, 10 rotatable rebound brake disk attached tobase sill, 11 is spring held down on disk by bolt passing through bothwith regulating nut on top, 12 is plate attached to pitman and adaptedto rebound under disk and forming a brake here, and also pressing theplunger against the bottom of the hay chamber which also serves as abrake, 13 is a feed table fastened to the pitman, the front of whichrests on spring (15) which presses it up against the tucker, both givesway when the feed is too large, or is not acked down well, this preventsthe plunger f fom getting stuck.

14 is a block between pitman and feed table. 15 is a coil spring underthe feed table, 16 shows a dovetail tenon on pitman which fits into arecess in plunger frame as shown by solid lines.

17 is plunger frame, 18 is facing fastened to plunger frame, 19 isextension arms of hay chamber for connecting power part, 20 is extensionof hay chamber fastened rigidly to (19) to strengthen the braceconnections,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 12, 1907.

Patented May 24, 1910. Serial No. 406,215.

21 transport axle, 22 is axle braces detachably connected to the sweepso that the said sweep may be used for a tongue while in transport, 23is king bolt holding cap washer on drive arm and passing throughtransport axle.

24: is double tree attached to sweep for using in transporting machine,25 is brake adjusting nut.

The operation is the same as other horse power presses, the wheels aretaken off and braces 22 detached from sweep and a horse hitched to theend of sweep which travels around to the right, this presses the rollerin the end of the drive arm against the side of the pitman, pushing theincline surface against side roller (5) this makes the pitman travelforward very fast at the first part of the stroke, but when about of thestroke is made drive arm roller passes around on the end of the pitmanand pushes and is more powerful toward the end of stroke as the hay ismore compact. When the stroke is about completed the side of the pitmancomes in contact with the spring end of the wear plate which is bent upto'form a stop and the roller passes off of the pitman and is withdrawnby coil spring (7), and the roller in the opposite end of drive armmakes another stroke in the same manner.

Referring to the operation of the rebound brake, the plate (12) onpitman is set so as'to rebound under the edge of beveled disk (11) whichcauses the plunger to press hard on bottom of bale chamber, which causesit to stop gradually and saves the jar on the machine caused by therebound.

Of course it is understood that the material to be pressed is placed inthe feed opening in front of the plunger after each stroke, and while itis withdrawn and in the position as shown in drawing.

The spring feed table (13) is for a two fold purpose, first to place thematerial to be baled on while the plunger is going forward, this allowsthe feeder to press it down in the hole quickly as the plunger iswithdrawn. It also presses the hay at the top side of the bale andallows the tucker a better chance to work, making a much neater balethan a solid plunger, and it also prevents the plunger from gettingstuck by over feeds by springing down out of the way of the tucker.

For transportation the wheels are placed in position on the axle andsweep brought around in line with the machine, the axle braces (22),then attached to the sweep and horse hitched to the swingletrees andbreast chains fastened to the front end of sweep so that it may be usedas tongue to pull and guide the machine with.

What I claim as new and wish to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In abaling press having a bale chamber a plunger, a pitman, a powermechanism for actuating said pitman with its plunger, the combination ofa base connecting the bale chamber with the power mechanism, a rotatablecrosshead having rollers in its ends mounted on said base; a station aryroller attached to said base opposite said crosshead and a pitman havingan inclined surface adapted to work between said crosshead and saidstationary roller substantially as set forth.

2. In a baling press having a bale chamber, a plunger, a pitman, a powermechanism for operating said pitman with its plunger, the combination ofa base connecting the bale chamber with the power mechanism, a rotatablecrosshead having rollers in the ends mounted on said base, a stationaryroller attached to said base opposite said crosshead and a pitman havingan inclined surface adapted to work between said crosshead and saidstationary roller; an extension on end of pitman adapted to work againstsaid stationary roller and act as a guide after the pitman end haspassed beyond the roller.

3. In a baling press having a bale cham= her, a base connecting saidbale chamber and power mechanism, a rotatable crosshead mounted on saidbase-a sweep for operating said crosshead, all mounted on suitablewheels and axles for moving from place to place, the combination of therotatable crosshead having a suitable sweep fastened to it and an axlehaving detachable braces arranged to attach to said sweep so it can beused as a tongue.

4. In a baling press having a bale cham ber, a pitman with plungerattached thereto and a base connected to said chamber, the combinationof a plate secured to pitman and a spring actuated convex disk attachedto base substantially as set forth and for the purpose mentioned.

5. In a baling press having a bale chamher, a pitman with plungerattached thereto and a base connected to said chamber, the combinationof a plate secured to pitman and a spring actuated convex disk attachedto base, a coil spring above said disk and a bolt passing through saiddisk and said spring and a regulating nut on said bolt substantially asset forth and for the purpose mentioned.

6. In a baling press in combination with the pitman and rebound spring,a combination rebound spring fastening, pitman stop, and wear platecombined as set forth and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

; FREDERICK W. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

R. A. WVILLIAMs, Jr., R. A. MoOoRD.

